Tag: snow

The Blessed Mountains

These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with God’s beauty, no petty personal hope or experience  has room to be . . . . the whole body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or  sunshine, entering not by the… Continue Reading “The Blessed Mountains”

The Times Are Urgent

The times are urgent; let us slow down.

Be a Lamp

Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

Finding Awe

We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany.

Look Deeply

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Peace Is Generous

Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all.

We Are Nature

We are nature and we are it all the time, no matter how far away or how close we perceive it to be at each moment.

Eye of the Beholder

People often say that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

You Are a Child of the Universe

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Awe

Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world. – Dacher Keltner To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.